Lithuania wobbles after daring to defy China
The Baltic state remained defiant while China downgraded its diplomatic relations and restricted its trade with Lithuania.
That problem, said Lithuania's president, was the name "and now we have to deal with the consequences". The comments have tested Lithuania's resolve and exposed divisions between the president, who leads on foreign policy, and the prime minister of the centre-right coalition government, Ingrida Simonyte.
The foreign ministry in Vilnius told the BBC that the government "stands firm to its decision to welcome the opening of the Taiwanese representative office".
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